re: Favorite role player in your lifetime

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I would not consider a guy who started every game that year (I think) to be a role player.

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My reasoning for that is that he was not much talked about. His role was very specific (run support, was never asked to cover much, unlike Sheppard at MLB), and he excelled at it. He never did much in any other facet of the game, and was overshadowed by a large margin by guys that were winning national awards in the secondary. Nobody talked about a one-dimensional linebacker as a game-breaker, regardless of starting status.

I do think Ron Brooks fits the criteria more so than Baker ( ), but the question wasn't "who fits the criteria most", it was "who is your favorite role player".